 Fimbriae, Bacterial
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Thin, hairlike appendages, 1 to 20 microns in length and often occurring in large numbers, present on the cells of gram-negative bacteria, particularly Enterobacteriaceae and Neisseria. Unlike flagella, they do not possess motility, but being protein (pilin) in nature, they possess antigenic and hemagglutinating properties. They are of medical importance because some fimbriae mediate the attachment of bacteria to cells via adhesins (ADHESINS, BACTERIAL). Bacterial fimbriae refer to common pili, to be distinguished from the preferred use of "pili", which is confined to sex pili (PILI, SEX).
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D010861
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A11.284.180.285 A20.843
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| Concept/Terms |
Fimbriae, Bacterial- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Fimbria, Bacterial
- Bacterial Fimbriae
- Pili, Common
- Common Fimbriae
- Fimbriae, Common
- Common Pilus
- Pilus, Common
- Common Pili
- Bacterial Fimbria
- Common Fimbria
- Fimbria, Common
Bacterial Pilus- Bacterial Pilus
- Bacterial Pili
- Pili, Bacterial
- Pilus, Bacterial
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| 1986 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2011 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fimbriae, Bacterial" by people in Profiles.
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Conrad JC. Physics of bacterial near-surface motility using flagella and type IV pili: implications for biofilm formation. Res Microbiol. 2012 Nov-Dec; 163(9-10):619-29.
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Jin F, Conrad JC, Gibiansky ML, Wong GC. Bacteria use type-IV pili to slingshot on surfaces. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Aug 02; 108(31):12617-22.
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Conrad JC, Gibiansky ML, Jin F, Gordon VD, Motto DA, Mathewson MA, Stopka WG, Zelasko DC, Shrout JD, Wong GC. Flagella and pili-mediated near-surface single-cell motility mechanisms in P. aeruginosa. Biophys J. 2011 Apr 06; 100(7):1608-16.
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Gibiansky ML, Conrad JC, Jin F, Gordon VD, Motto DA, Mathewson MA, Stopka WG, Zelasko DC, Shrout JD, Wong GC. Bacteria use type IV pili to walk upright and detach from surfaces. Science. 2010 Oct 08; 330(6001):197.
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Poole ST, McVeigh AL, Anantha RP, Lee LH, Akay YM, Pontzer EA, Scott DA, Bullitt E, Savarino SJ. Donor strand complementation governs intersubunit interaction of fimbriae of the alternate chaperone pathway. Mol Microbiol. 2007 Mar; 63(5):1372-84.
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Murray MJ. Salmonella: virulence factors and enteric salmonellosis. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 1986 Jul 15; 189(2):145-7.
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